---
phase: quick
plan: 003
subsystem: docs
tags: [readme, accessibility, plain-english, developer-experience]

# Dependency graph
requires:
  - phase: 04-integration-publishing
    provides: "Existing README with API table, badges, code examples"
provides:
  - "Accessible README with zero neuroscience jargon in explanatory sections"
affects: []

# Tech tracking
tech-stack:
  added: []
  patterns:
    - "Plain-English documentation style for developer accessibility"

key-files:
  created: []
  modified:
    - README.md

key-decisions:
  - "Used radio-dial analogy for inference phase"
  - "Kept bullet-point format for two-phase explanation (more scannable than prose)"
  - "Preserved paper reference with friendlier framing ('For the full math and derivations')"

patterns-established:
  - "Accessible language pattern: hook, analogy, mechanism, contrast with backprop, reference"

# Metrics
duration: 3min
completed: 2026-02-26
---

# Quick Task 003: Make README Plain English Summary

**Rewrote two README sections removing all neuroscience jargon, using brain-guessing analogy and radio-dial metaphor for developer accessibility**

## Performance

- **Duration:** 3 min
- **Started:** 2026-02-26T13:42:59Z
- **Completed:** 2026-02-26T13:45:26Z
- **Tasks:** 1
- **Files modified:** 1

## Accomplishments
- Rewrote "What are Predictive Coding Networks?" section from academic language to plain English
- Rewrote "How It Works" section removing all neuroscience terminology
- Eliminated 6 banned terms: cortical function, variational free energy, Hebbian-like, pre-synaptic, latent representation, latent variables
- All non-target sections verified byte-identical (badges, installation, quickstart, API table, results, references)

## Task Commits

Each task was committed atomically:

1. **Task 1: Rewrite README sections in plain English** - `ced4729` (docs)

## Files Created/Modified
- `README.md` - Rewrote "What are Predictive Coding Networks?" and "How It Works" sections in plain English

## Decisions Made
- Used radio-dial analogy for inference phase ("like tuning a radio dial until the static clears") -- concrete, universally understood
- Structured two-phase explanation as bullet list rather than prose paragraphs -- more scannable for developers
- Preserved paper reference with friendlier framing ("For the full math and derivations, see...") instead of the original academic lead-in

## Deviations from Plan

None - plan executed exactly as written.

## Issues Encountered
None

## User Setup Required
None - no external service configuration required.

## Next Phase Readiness
- README is now accessible for viral reach
- No blockers for remaining plans

## Self-Check: PASSED

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*Phase: quick-003*
*Completed: 2026-02-26*
